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Dark Souls Remastered for Switch Review - IGN

Dark Souls Remastered on Switch presents a more pristine version of the original, while being able to play it on a handheld console adds a surprising new dimension to a familiar adventure.

EddieNX 2015d ago

This review sums up why the Switch its self is a fantastic console. Sometimes having the portability trump's an extra bit of detail or FPS.

hulk_bash19872015d ago

Dark Souls + portable is a dream combination. I'm pumped for friday.

lptmg2015d ago

but... but... de grafx! de frames!

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Vectrexer2015d ago

I agree portability is very cool. What I don't like is them really releasing games at full price. Games that we've most likely already played on our Xbox and PlayStations.

DarXyde2015d ago (Edited 2015d ago )

It sounds great, honestly. For me personally, I'm more of a frame rate guy, even though I only played it at 30fps on PS3. I would take 60fps over portability, but portability is definitely cool.

Not for me though because Dark Souls is one of those games where I don't trust myself to not chuck the device against a wall.

Regardless, happy to see the Switch version hold up. For those who've never prepared to die,
you're in for a treat/ aneurysm. It'd be pretty neat if FromSoft could port the whole trilogy.

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InTheZoneAC2015d ago

More Nintendo bias confirmed.

Ps4 remastered 4k/60 fps review by ign 9/10

Switch same frame rate as original by ign 9.5/10, can't make this up...

SirenAries2015d ago

It's the portability aspect.

Gemmol2015d ago

Those others cant pause like the switch version

Little benefits like that make a game more enjoyable

T graphics not everything, and yes 60 frames is good but some games would be okay with 30 frames also, it's not a fighting game that needs 60 frames

SirenAries2009d ago

It actually operates like a fighting game with the strict timing and parry riposte move. 30 is okay but to really nail that insane parry, 60fps makes it much easier and reliable to execute.

LOGICWINS2015d ago

If graphics and FPS were what I was after, I'd get a PC....not a console. The Switch serves my purposes because it of it's portability.

InTheZoneAC2015d ago

and not a single review has ever given extra points for better graphics, portability, or frame rate. They typically just mention the cons and pros of a certain system but the game gets the same review.

BTW a game such as Dark souls definitely benefits from higher frame rates.

Neonridr2015d ago

so we are saying that graphics mean everything? So then why doesn't the PS4 score less than the PC version of every other game because it can't do 4K like PC's can?

lptmg2015d ago

Can you die to the god damn Bed of Chaos on the bus or the plane with the PS4 remaster? Thought so as well

King_Noctis2015d ago

Biased...yeah let read the reviews first and find out why they give this higher?

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TorpeAlex2015d ago

ITT: The reviewer's subjective opinion is wrong

AshleeEmerson2015d ago

Lol... I'm going to agree with you because I think you're being funny (at least I believe).

Sam Fisher2015d ago

Im going to say you're pretty because i think that avi is you (at least i believe) lol

TorpeAlex2014d ago

When I posted this all of the other comments were, "Wow a worse version of the game gets a higher score" and "Nintendo bias confirmed", so I was poking fun at them.

pyroxxx2015d ago

If I had a Switch,.. Id get this version over the remake,.. they damned screwed it with the new lightning engine (some things look way better,.. but the armors look like milled plastic or something,.. which sucks),..Also like the GUI scaling options and 60 fps, but just cannot even wear my favourite armors because they look wrong as hell (and this is coming form someone who thinks it is one of the best best games ever made, (BB and demon's souls are better)... So yes Nitty actually has a better version of a game.

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6 Friendliest Characters in Games

GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."

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thorstein245d ago

Dogmeat: *bark!*

Translation: you are dead to me.

JSONEHUNDRED245d ago

You can probably add Karlach to this from BG3

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10 Most Peaceful Areas in Games

Here are the most peaceful areas in games that are otherwise quite violent, offering players respite from chaos in the game world.

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Babadook7270d ago

My first thought was the safe rooms in the resident evil series. When you hear that enchanting music you know you’re safe.

Killer2020UK270d ago

I literally just came here to post this. That music in the Resi 1 safe rooms is playing in my head.

Rimeskeem270d ago

I was thinking TLOU work benches. Although I remember one time where it was a false security.

closed_account269d ago

Perfect. 👌👌

I'd add the top of my highrise apartment in GTA Online. That calm, quiet peace, just knowing as soon as I step out that door I will be bombarded by 8 and 12 year olds calling each other n**** and f****, trolled by combat jets and rocket launchers.

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henbayward269d ago

The entire map of SotC is peaceful as hell. Used to just ride around exploring it.

mastershredder270d ago (Edited 270d ago )

Afterlife in Cyberpunk 2077 is a peaceful area? Erm, hands down and very hard to miss, Misty Olszewski's Esoterica is the absolute epitome of peaceful areas in that game.

raiden_188270d ago

The "last of us" deer location i found to be a welcoming respite. It was nice to not have someone trying to eat me.

RPGer269d ago

Kingdom Hearts tend to present half peaceful areas and most of them are amazing.

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Easiest Boss Fights in Games That Aren't Easy

GF365: "Exceptionally powerful enemies in games are almost always more difficult to defeat than ordinary enemies. But there are instances where these supposedly powerful foes turn out to be just pushovers. These are some of the easiest boss fights in games that aren't easy."

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Nacho_Z340d ago

Patches is 'dim-witted'? I don't know about that. That's what he wants you to think maybe.

I don't remember TW3 bosses being easy but I played it on Death March and a crippled peasant armed with a broken twig could one hit kill you.